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law feer law enforcement to say, keep an eye on this person, we think he may be up to no good? does that happen a lot, or is it rare? >> i'm not in a position to say how many times any specific government has communicated to the united states government, but it's fair to say that w whenever we get such communications i think we want to take them very seriously. >> in 2011 the fbi was informed by the russian fsb, the successor organization to the kgb, that they were concerned about the older brother. the fbi says they looked into his communications, they interviewed him, they didn't find there to be anything that would pose a threat to public safety, and then the older brother went to russia, we presume, to chechnya, came back. should the fbi re-interviewed him after he came back? >> they took the matter seriously when it first came up, and obviously there was a very serious concern that we can see in retrospect. and i would be particularly concerned about someone who visited an area like chechnya, if that's in fact what happened, especially in the light of the fact that chechny
law feer law enforcement to say, keep an eye on this person, we think he may be up to no good? does that happen a lot, or is it rare? >> i'm not in a position to say how many times any specific government has communicated to the united states government, but it's fair to say that w whenever we get such communications i think we want to take them very seriously. >> in 2011 the fbi was informed by the russian fsb, the successor organization to the kgb, that they were concerned about...
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he just wanted to be in law enforcement. it was not about the pay or the benefits or the retirement, but it was about law enforcement is supposed to be all about and to help people. and he was a master at helping people. i think that m.i.t. lost someone that truly cared about them. i think that we lost someone who we learned more from him, than with he ever learned from us. >> reporter: at 26 years old. that says a lot. >> yes, and you know, i have been a cop for almost 40 years and i was with the state police and with m.i.t. for 11 and you see a lot. you really do, anever saw anything like this. it just, everything about it is just wrong. the killing of him was so senseless. the loss of a person of his quality and his age, and the fact that it happened on a college campus, and everything about this was wrong. nothing fits. just crazy. >> and don, tonight, also, we talked to three m.i.t. students who are also emts and they were close friends of collier and they came with flowers and messages for his family, and interestingly
he just wanted to be in law enforcement. it was not about the pay or the benefits or the retirement, but it was about law enforcement is supposed to be all about and to help people. and he was a master at helping people. i think that m.i.t. lost someone that truly cared about them. i think that we lost someone who we learned more from him, than with he ever learned from us. >> reporter: at 26 years old. that says a lot. >> yes, and you know, i have been a cop for almost 40 years and...
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tom fuentes, our cnn law enforcement analyst, former assistant director of the fbi. when you heard what law enforcement, massachusetts state police, watertown police, what they had to say, of course the governor and mayor, what was your immediate bottom line on state, tom, of this effort to apprehend this suspect, this alleged killer? >> wolf, i thought it's a good job on their part to come out and just let everybody know that they're methodically working through these issues. when they say they're 60%, 70% through with what they're trying to accomplish, when they say what they're doing in the neighborhoods and a controlled explosion, i think it's basically telling everybody they're there, they're making everybody safe, they're going to resolve this, they're working through the public safety issues. and i think that, again, it's an example of each agency of a task force brings to the table their expertise. so, yes, you've got the federal investigators off trying to cover leads all over the world and resolve issues on the subjects of the case. but then you also have t
tom fuentes, our cnn law enforcement analyst, former assistant director of the fbi. when you heard what law enforcement, massachusetts state police, watertown police, what they had to say, of course the governor and mayor, what was your immediate bottom line on state, tom, of this effort to apprehend this suspect, this alleged killer? >> wolf, i thought it's a good job on their part to come out and just let everybody know that they're methodically working through these issues. when they...
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. >> all the law enforcement professionals are hoping for a host of reasons that the suspect survives because we have many questions. those questions need to be answered. >> in this photograph taken right after his arrest, the college student's neck area appears covered with blood. the younger brother'ses cape was busted when a man found him hiding in his backyard boat. thermal images shows a white image of an object projecting heat. in another still photo you can make out the suspect's feet in black lying in the boat. a robotic arm moves in and lifts the tarp. . the police chief tells wolf blitzer about those moments. >> we began negotiations that way. over a long period of time, we were able to finally get him to surrender. >> agents yell at him to give himself up. police say there was an exchange of gunfire. authorities said his injuries came during thursday night's shootout when his brother was killed. agents spent the day combing over every inch of the boat collecting blood, hair and more to build a case against the suspected boston marathon bomber. and today prosecutors are cont
. >> all the law enforcement professionals are hoping for a host of reasons that the suspect survives because we have many questions. those questions need to be answered. >> in this photograph taken right after his arrest, the college student's neck area appears covered with blood. the younger brother'ses cape was busted when a man found him hiding in his backyard boat. thermal images shows a white image of an object projecting heat. in another still photo you can make out the...
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law enforcement officer was, sean collier was killed on tuesday night and that murder has not been charged yet at all and we should see the state do more work on that front in the coming days and weeks, we expect. >> as you talk about going forward in all this what do we know of how the process progresses from here? there was that legal hearing on monday. what happens next? >> that was just the very beginning, a complaint was filed. he still will have to appear in court, be indicted and there is a hearing set for may 30th at 10:00 a.m. that the judge mentioned in this hearing monday morning. >> before i let you go, erin what do we know about legal defense? did he have legal representation in that hospital room? >> reporter: i have the transcript of the court hearing here there is controversy on friday and over the weekend about him not being mirandized. they went through it twice today and offered the use of an attorney and the one word he spoke was no when asked if he could afford an attorney and he was presented with defense attorneys today. >>> we want to bring you a look at the case ag
law enforcement officer was, sean collier was killed on tuesday night and that murder has not been charged yet at all and we should see the state do more work on that front in the coming days and weeks, we expect. >> as you talk about going forward in all this what do we know of how the process progresses from here? there was that legal hearing on monday. what happens next? >> that was just the very beginning, a complaint was filed. he still will have to appear in court, be indicted...
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we're hearing for the first time from the suspect's former brother-in-law who is married to one of the sisters. he thinks the man identified misha may have been influenced the older brother and who then influenced the younger one. >> i'm not sure if he inspired or taught him to be radical islamist, but he surely did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion and maybe that's possible that he suggested to him some radical ideas. >> again, the full identity of this misha, what impact he may have had on the older brothers not clear. >>> the u.s. delegation has arrived in dagestan to try to interview the parents of the suspected bombers. >>> when the barriers came down on boylston street and the public was aallowed back in. customers are returning. the tragedy is still fresh in everyone's mind. brooke baldwin joins us from boylston street. what's the mood there? >> i think normal still isn't quite the right word. we're just across the street from where you're standing in copley square. this is the heart of the back
we're hearing for the first time from the suspect's former brother-in-law who is married to one of the sisters. he thinks the man identified misha may have been influenced the older brother and who then influenced the younger one. >> i'm not sure if he inspired or taught him to be radical islamist, but he surely did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion and maybe that's possible that he suggested to him some...
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so, there's a lot for the law enforcement officials to do. and we just have to differentiate between what they believe the suspect is telling them and what they believe they can verify and what might be the truth, anderson. >> also lawmakers want to talk to the fbi about their treatment of the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, about their interviews with him before he went to russia and any follow-up that they did or did not do, correct? >> yeah. and there's a whole list of questions there, of course, policymakers are asking and we're trying to get to the bottom of what really happened during before and after the time when tamerlan tsarnaev went to russia. federal law enforcement official, for example, this morning, telling cnn tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list. that was something up for debate for a while. the official said that when the fbi looked at tamerlan, there was no derogatory information found and the u.s. never deemed him a threat. the official said when the russian government asked the fbi to look into him
so, there's a lot for the law enforcement officials to do. and we just have to differentiate between what they believe the suspect is telling them and what they believe they can verify and what might be the truth, anderson. >> also lawmakers want to talk to the fbi about their treatment of the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, about their interviews with him before he went to russia and any follow-up that they did or did not do, correct? >> yeah. and there's a whole list of...
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the reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. >> i want to bring in our cnn national security analyst. let's talk about ken feinberg who will be the administrator of the one fund $20 million for victims of the boston terrorist attacks. you when you worked at the department of homeland security you worked with feinberg when it came to the bp oil spill and restitution for people in that area. it's a tough job. >> it is. what we're asking him to do is to put a number sign, a dollar sign on misery. and it's an impossible sort of victory. he never wins but he often gets very close to -- has been terribly successful for a variety of -- he did it for 9/11, madoff, the bp oil spill. he has a couple goals. one is transparency. he is out there talking to the community. those are going to start may 1st here. he is going to listen to the victims about what kind of harms they have both physical and mental. then he'll come up with essentially a template of claims form that gets distributed to anyone in the city or anyone else who may have been h
the reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. >> i want to bring in our cnn national security analyst. let's talk about ken feinberg who will be the administrator of the one fund $20 million for victims of the boston terrorist attacks. you when you worked at the department of homeland security you worked with feinberg when it came to the bp oil spill and restitution for people in that area. it's a tough job. >> it is. what we're...
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law enforcement officials are cautioning this is what he's saying initially. they still need to check out all the facts and make sure what he is saying is accurate. what he's saying is first of all, this was not planned. the terrorist attack was not planned in conjunction with any foreign terrorist group. second, that they were radicalized online. that there was a video component to their being radicalized, that they were self-radicalized. there was not necessarily any internet communication. but they learned what they learned in terms of ideology, and other things, from the internet. the older brother, according to dzhokhar, tamerlan tsarnaev, was the driving force. of course we'd expect him to say something like that. but according to all accounts that was their relationship anyway. and from this initial impression, the initial interviews, investigators believe that these individuals, at least according to dzhokhar were self-starters, self-radicalized, their motivation was that of a jihadist. they were driven by the jihadist thought, the political and religi
law enforcement officials are cautioning this is what he's saying initially. they still need to check out all the facts and make sure what he is saying is accurate. what he's saying is first of all, this was not planned. the terrorist attack was not planned in conjunction with any foreign terrorist group. second, that they were radicalized online. that there was a video component to their being radicalized, that they were self-radicalized. there was not necessarily any internet communication....
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that's ignorance of the law. who is right here. >> it's too early to tell, but he is the guru. what he's pointing out is you do not want to mess this up. you don't want to get a confession or information without ma ran diezing him if in fact you cannot later label him as an enemy combatant then anything he says is subject to be so pressed and not in a court of law. go ahead, give him counsel, he's not going to get bond, ma ran diez him and conduct a thorough investigation so everything staunds up when we get him into a court of law. >> okay. there is no state death penalty in massachusetts. so the death penalty off the table in. >> no. don, this is an interesting thing. he is be charged by both federally and state and that is not double jeopardy. a lot of people hear that and they you can't do that. double jeopardy involves being charged twice in in the same court. he absolutely can be tried. there is a federal death penalty for murder and we know very saudly not only do we have the tragic killing right there at the boston marathon, then we have this police officer who was also
that's ignorance of the law. who is right here. >> it's too early to tell, but he is the guru. what he's pointing out is you do not want to mess this up. you don't want to get a confession or information without ma ran diezing him if in fact you cannot later label him as an enemy combatant then anything he says is subject to be so pressed and not in a court of law. go ahead, give him counsel, he's not going to get bond, ma ran diez him and conduct a thorough investigation so everything...
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overnight in the streets of boston celebrations, law enforcement hailed as heroes. day six, as tsarnaev lay sedated and unable to speak from a neck injury, federal prosecutors prepare charges against him. pamela brown, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >>> what a week it has been. the victims, the wounded are still healing. people are still grieving, and dzhokhar tsarnaev still lying in that hospital bed, handcuffed to the bed, waiting to face justice. >> a wide-ranging investigation still ongoing. >>> still ahead, something for air passengers to watch out for now. >>> if you are traveling but lufthansa in or around europe, you will want to hear this. stay with us. the details about a major strike. yoyw97 >>> welcome back. you're watching a special edition of "cnn newsroom." let's turn to business news now. it's travel news, too. a major strike on monday at lufthansa effecting travel in and around europe. the german airline is cancelling nearly 1,700 flights after a walkout over wages. thousands of airline staffers want a pay increase. they want 5%, lufthansa is offering
overnight in the streets of boston celebrations, law enforcement hailed as heroes. day six, as tsarnaev lay sedated and unable to speak from a neck injury, federal prosecutors prepare charges against him. pamela brown, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >>> what a week it has been. the victims, the wounded are still healing. people are still grieving, and dzhokhar tsarnaev still lying in that hospital bed, handcuffed to the bed, waiting to face justice. >> a wide-ranging investigation...
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jake tapper joins us and what are law enforcement officials telling you? >> a government official says in the preliminary interviews with sfwl dzhokhar tsavraev, he is providing details, not so much talking, but by nodding and writing things down. he says there were no foreign terrorist groups involved with the attacks. they were radicalized on line. by watching videos online and getting instructions and information online. and in addition according to dzhokhar, the older brother, tamerlan, the driving force behind the attacks this is what dzhokhar is saying to investigators. investigators know they have to check everything out. not taking his word as gospel. they want to make sure that what he's saying is true, but this is what he is saying, according to government officials that we have spoken with, the brothers have seen to have been self-starter, self-radicalized individuals. seem to have been radicalized in the united states, and the motivating thought seems to be jihadist thought, the idea there is political and religious motivation, that islam is un
jake tapper joins us and what are law enforcement officials telling you? >> a government official says in the preliminary interviews with sfwl dzhokhar tsavraev, he is providing details, not so much talking, but by nodding and writing things down. he says there were no foreign terrorist groups involved with the attacks. they were radicalized on line. by watching videos online and getting instructions and information online. and in addition according to dzhokhar, the older brother,...
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. >> should also acknowledge that the former brother-in-law says he has not seen the brothers in two years. so his information is not current for the last two years. he did say that he met a man named misha which is the russian similar of michael, he doesn't know much about this misha person. it's not clear if authorities are looking for this person to talk. one would assume they are. there are conflicting accounts whether bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev was on any kind of terrorist watch list of database. we know he was on fbi after russian officials raised red flags. now lawmakers in washington want answers about how authorities handled that case. jim acosta is following that part of the story for us. do we know, jim, whether or not tamerlan tsarnaev was on any kind of watch list? >> anderson, we get report from law enforcement and national security sources telling cnn that tamerlan tsarnaev was on two different databases. let me walk you through this, anderson. the first one is the terrorist screening database also known as the tsdb. that is a database that has roughly 500,000 n
. >> should also acknowledge that the former brother-in-law says he has not seen the brothers in two years. so his information is not current for the last two years. he did say that he met a man named misha which is the russian similar of michael, he doesn't know much about this misha person. it's not clear if authorities are looking for this person to talk. one would assume they are. there are conflicting accounts whether bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev was on any kind of terrorist...
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there was such a huge presence of law enforcement. we're talking thousands of people who were on the ground and they were sectioning off the entire area going block by block, checking the homes as they went, and there was one area that was of particular interest, and when it got quiet later -- earlier in the afternoon, we were told in fact they may be letting him rest to either give him some time to flush himself out, or pinpoint his exact location which clearly, they were able to do. so there is going to be a 9:30 presser. we are hearing that there is going to be obviously some information and sort of applause that will be coming out of that press conference, the fact that he's there and he's in custody but again, we do want to tell people that he was injured. there were some shots that were fired. plus he may have been injured even before he got to that location. so there's still a few wild cards in all of this. they do believe clearly that this is without question the person, you can hear all the cheering that's going on. we do als
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overnight in the streets of boston, celebrations, law enforcement hailed as heros. day six, as tsarnaev lay sedated and unable to speak from a neck injury, federal prosecutors prepare charges against him. pamela brown, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >> up next, inside the manhunt for the bombing suspect. boston's police, the commissioner walks us step by step through the final hours. >>> we're back now from boston. i want to get you up to speed on a few key parts of the terror investigation. first, police don't think there are any more suspects. they believe the two brothers acted as a two-man team. tamerlan tsarnaev dead after a police gun battle and his younger brother handcuffed tonight to a hospital bed. i want you to look at this video. neither of the suspects, but this was part of the elder brother's youtube collection, a russian militant, an extremist, who lived and died under the flag of jihad. police are checking on a possible connection. the victims, throw adults and a little boy. worshippers at new england's largest catholic church gathered today to share th
overnight in the streets of boston, celebrations, law enforcement hailed as heros. day six, as tsarnaev lay sedated and unable to speak from a neck injury, federal prosecutors prepare charges against him. pamela brown, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >> up next, inside the manhunt for the bombing suspect. boston's police, the commissioner walks us step by step through the final hours. >>> we're back now from boston. i want to get you up to speed on a few key parts of the terror...
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a lot of people very thankful for efforts by law enforcement over this past week. jeff, explain this legal situation that he's in where authorities say he does not need to be read his miranda rights. >> right. first of all, let's just remember he may be in no physical condition to answer questions with or without miranda warnings. so his physical condition is the great unknown here which may render this whole dispute about miranda moot. let's assume that he is in a condition to answer questions. usually when someone is arrested, they get miranda warnings, and then they is a choice of whether to answer questions or not. here the government has said when there is an imminent danger to public safety, they can question without miranda warnings. that has traditionally or usually been interpreted to mean a future danger to public safety. the so-called ticking time bomb. tell us what's going to happen in the future, and we're not going to worry about miranda. what makes this an unusual invocation of the public safety exception is that the government is saying there is no
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obviously the law enforcement has done a tremendous job in protecting america. a tremendous job in apprehending this particular suspect. but we still have some very serious challenges in the world, and when you live in a country that cherishes our freedom so much in an open society, it presents very difficult challenges for both law enforcement and our intelligence capabilities, but again, we have to move forward. hopefully america can live life as normally as possible. but we have to be vigilant about the challenges that exist against the united states. >> former attorney general alberto gonzales. thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate your insight, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> let's get to christine romans in new york with the rest of the top stories. >> hi, john. we're keeping an eye this morning on a court hearing today in canada in the alleged terrorist plot to attack a pass edger train running between new york and toronto. canadian authorities say al qaeda is behind that plot. two suspects are being held without bail. one is due i
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about the two suspects, still no cause of death determined for the older suspect tamerlan tsarnaev but law enforcement and national security forces are now telling cnn he was on two different terror data bases. those sources say he was not on a no fly list but there was a flag in one of the data bases to ping authorities if he tried to leave the country. apparently the system did ping when he went to russia last year but the flag in the system expired while tsarnaev was over there and then there was no ping on his return trip. we're also learning more about what the pair may have been planning next police in new york city saying the brothers may have intended to flee there. >> they may have intended to come to new york but not to continue what they were doing. information we received said something about a parting, having a parting. >> police commissioner ray kelley of new york city says that information came from the interviews with the surviving suspect. dzhokhar tsarnaev remains hospitalized in fair condition. sources say he has been communicating with investigators and is in the same h
about the two suspects, still no cause of death determined for the older suspect tamerlan tsarnaev but law enforcement and national security forces are now telling cnn he was on two different terror data bases. those sources say he was not on a no fly list but there was a flag in one of the data bases to ping authorities if he tried to leave the country. apparently the system did ping when he went to russia last year but the flag in the system expired while tsarnaev was over there and then...
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and the former brother-in-law that you just heard brian todd refer to talked a little bit about those bonds and what it might mean for dzhokhar and his older brother tamerlan. here he is. >> i believe he was just maybe obeying him because he is older, he's the older brother. and, yes, i know that they all love tamerlan. they all admired him. his younger sisters and the brothers and dzhokhar really thought tamerlan as the role model. and i believe that he didn't question much. >> now, you know, there have been reports that tamerlan may have physically abused one of his sisters. obviously there was an assault case by his wife against him. the role of senior male with the family in the united states be enough to convince his younger brother to go along with him? >> i doubt that, that that would be enough in and of itself. but i guess i'd like to comment on a very famous social psychology experiment by stanley millgram who did a phoney shock machine. he took people and within an hour individuals were electrocuting others just because somebody ordered them to. >> you know, it's funny, you
and the former brother-in-law that you just heard brian todd refer to talked a little bit about those bonds and what it might mean for dzhokhar and his older brother tamerlan. here he is. >> i believe he was just maybe obeying him because he is older, he's the older brother. and, yes, i know that they all love tamerlan. they all admired him. his younger sisters and the brothers and dzhokhar really thought tamerlan as the role model. and i believe that he didn't question much. >>...
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police officer, seriously injured another local law enforcement officer. do we have any idea where they got those weapons? >> not yet. and i think that question also extends to the explosives, as well. but this is an investigation pursuing lots of lines of inquiry both foreign and domestic. i would have to guess, though, that rather than risk acquiring weapons and explosives from abroad, it's much more likely they were acquired domestically. >> these two guys apparently didn't have much money, but enough to buy explosives, pressure cookers, a rifle, long rifle according to the watertown police chief i spoke with. other weapons, as well. >> i'm sure they're already well into the suspect's computer files and financial records. we're getting a mixed picture because on the one hand, they seem to have had a modest style of living. on the other hand, there is that picture that's been widely circulated of suspect number one wearing expensive shoes, expensive clothes, other reports by people who knew them that the older brother engaged in a more lavish lifestyle.
police officer, seriously injured another local law enforcement officer. do we have any idea where they got those weapons? >> not yet. and i think that question also extends to the explosives, as well. but this is an investigation pursuing lots of lines of inquiry both foreign and domestic. i would have to guess, though, that rather than risk acquiring weapons and explosives from abroad, it's much more likely they were acquired domestically. >> these two guys apparently didn't have...
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he was involved in much more than law enforcement. he was involved with the ambulance service on campus. he helped out organizations that were fighting cancer. someone who everyone has something good to say about today. getting the spotlight shined on his life and all the kacauses h supported. >> he will be remembered by a medal in his honor. >> reporter: mit saying they have set up a fund. this fund will support the collier medal. this is something that will be handed out to individuals who sort of have his kind of values and support the kind of causes he has supported. this is something they want to establish so it will more than just a tragedy that is the center of his life. >> dan lothian, over at white house for us. we'll have coverage of the memorial service. >>> just ahead here in the "cnn newsroom," we're going to introduce you to a man who survived the boston terror attacks, but only days later became a witness to a massive explosion in texas. before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to f
he was involved in much more than law enforcement. he was involved with the ambulance service on campus. he helped out organizations that were fighting cancer. someone who everyone has something good to say about today. getting the spotlight shined on his life and all the kacauses h supported. >> he will be remembered by a medal in his honor. >> reporter: mit saying they have set up a fund. this fund will support the collier medal. this is something that will be handed out to...
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there is some form of communication between law enforcement and the suspect. my source did not know whether in fact that communication was in writing. there is a lot of presumption it's in writing. we do have fran townsend reporting that the communication has been in writing. neither of our sources was able to discuss exactly, though, what's being communicated, how far they're getting with him, what they're learning. but i was told unequivocally that they have been questioning him since yesterday. >> this communication going on since yesterday. we do know he suffered some kind of wound to the neck. we understand there are periods of time he was sedated and intubated. so we can infer from that speaking would be remember difficult. but your sources saying there is communication. fran townsend saying she has sources that the communication is by writing. but they would not confirm the nature of any of the communication? >> no, they wouldn't. and i'm not sure how much it is actually. i was trying to find out exactly what questions they were asking. one would presum
there is some form of communication between law enforcement and the suspect. my source did not know whether in fact that communication was in writing. there is a lot of presumption it's in writing. we do have fran townsend reporting that the communication has been in writing. neither of our sources was able to discuss exactly, though, what's being communicated, how far they're getting with him, what they're learning. but i was told unequivocally that they have been questioning him since...
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for the first time in 13 years, i have had real representation from an attorney at law. i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i've went through 20 or so in the last 13 years. and i will never let you go. that came from the heart. i didn't write that. i want to also thank senator roger wicker for his kind words about me in the press, and for the record, i have always felt that he is a good and honest man. i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered. as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal, which for me means being the best father that i can be to my children, supporting my favorite charity save a life foundation and entertaining through my music. thank you. >> paul kevin curtis, released from custody, charges dropped. there's still plenty of stuff we don't know about what happened. dan lothian, our white house correspondent, is standing by. dan, we do know that ricin-l
for the first time in 13 years, i have had real representation from an attorney at law. i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i've went through 20 or so in the last 13 years. and i will never let you go. that came from the heart. i didn't write that. i want to also thank senator roger wicker for his kind words about me in the press, and for the record, i have always felt that he is a good and honest man. i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do...
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. >> reporter: a federal law enforcement official agrees and says tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list because the u.s. never deemed him a threat. so there were no alarm bells when tsarnaev came back to the u.s. six months later. >> by the time he returned, all investigations, the matter had been closed. >> reporter: even so, it's not clear if the department of homeland security, which was charged with monitoring travel, even knew that tsarnaev was on the fbi's radar. feds failing to talk to each other was supposed to be a lesson learned from 9/11. >> we're trying to make sure that all of that information that was available was shared. if it wasn't, there may be somebody who dropped the ball. >> reporter: a u.s. official says, even when there's a hit in the system, it doesn't prompt anyone in law enforcement to take action. it's just monitoring for suspicious travel. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to joe johns for that report. >>> later today, another memorial here in boston for yet another of the victims in these attacks. at noon vice president joe b
. >> reporter: a federal law enforcement official agrees and says tamerlan was not on a terror watch list or any no fly list because the u.s. never deemed him a threat. so there were no alarm bells when tsarnaev came back to the u.s. six months later. >> by the time he returned, all investigations, the matter had been closed. >> reporter: even so, it's not clear if the department of homeland security, which was charged with monitoring travel, even knew that tsarnaev was on the...
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one law enforcement official pointed me towards a line that runs between new york city and toronto. it runs actually from buffalo, new york. i'm told that the plan was to detonate explosives in canada. and derail -- and derail the train. and my law enforcement source said there had been some reports that they wanted to wage a spectacular attack, blow up a bridge. he said no. he said what they were doing was to target the train on the tressels, and actually what they wanted to do was derail the train and cause maximum injury to the people on it. >> so two quick follow-ups with you, gloria. first, whether we look at u.s. response here of what happened in boston, canada, an example of it working well, right? coordinated investigation, caught the plot early, and they have been watching it for over a year, haddize izeyes on the si, right? >> they had eyes on the situational they had informants in the community that they believed would be lucrative for them, and that certainly worked out. i think they -- it is clear to me that they worked in concert with united states law enforcement and
one law enforcement official pointed me towards a line that runs between new york city and toronto. it runs actually from buffalo, new york. i'm told that the plan was to detonate explosives in canada. and derail -- and derail the train. and my law enforcement source said there had been some reports that they wanted to wage a spectacular attack, blow up a bridge. he said no. he said what they were doing was to target the train on the tressels, and actually what they wanted to do was derail the...
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they certainly will release that videotape in a court of law. they've described it in extensive detail. that's going to be powerful, powerful evidence in a potential trial. tom, thanks very much. let's recap quickly the surviving suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, now facing federal charges, among them use gd and conspiring to 0 use a weapon of mass destruction rulgting in death. let's bring in our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, what happens next? >> what happens next is that the case will be presented to a grand jury. prosecutors will begin presenting evidence, leading to an indictment. i think the process is going to slow down a great deal. remember, this crime was only a week ago. the government is going to have to assemble a lot of scientific evidence trying to tie material that could be connected to the defendant, to the bomb itself. this is complicated stuff. i think it's going to be months in the grand jury until a final indictment is ready to be presented probably. and then at that point the case will be presented to a trial judg
they certainly will release that videotape in a court of law. they've described it in extensive detail. that's going to be powerful, powerful evidence in a potential trial. tom, thanks very much. let's recap quickly the surviving suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, now facing federal charges, among them use gd and conspiring to 0 use a weapon of mass destruction rulgting in death. let's bring in our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, what happens next? >> what happens next is that the...
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for one, the law doesn't even cover him because he's a u.s. citizen. but from a law enforcement national security perspective, what better way to minimize the impact of terrorists than to treat them like criminals. that's what they are. if you make them into sort of a bigger deal than he is or anyone is, it sort of gives them a relevance we actually don't want to. so a lot of people in national security and counterterrorism love this idea. not only because of the legal underpinnings behind it but also because it sort of says to anyone who would harm us, you're just a criminal. >> there has also been a lot of successful prosecutions of terrorist suspects in criminal court. >> you can learn a lot of evidence from this. when i first got into this field it was right after the africa bombings, african embassy bombings in '98, and some of the testimony that came out of that really taught us a lot about bin laden, about his rise within islamic jihadism and you can learn a lot out of it. what we don't know is whether he has anything to teach us. that's the one
for one, the law doesn't even cover him because he's a u.s. citizen. but from a law enforcement national security perspective, what better way to minimize the impact of terrorists than to treat them like criminals. that's what they are. if you make them into sort of a bigger deal than he is or anyone is, it sort of gives them a relevance we actually don't want to. so a lot of people in national security and counterterrorism love this idea. not only because of the legal underpinnings behind it...
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this is a testament to the strength our relationships with canadian and american law enforcement and to the ability of canadian government agencies to work together in furtherance of canada's counterterrorism strategy. today's charges represent the most recent example of the tremendously successful effort and commitment of our national security teams. and i would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their outstanding dedication. in recent years, our collaborative approach has led to arrests and several convictions including in ottawa, in quebec and the 11 individuals in project osage in toronto. these successful arrests and convictions demonstrate the expertise and the effectiveness of our integrated teams. we could not have successfully completed this investigation without the collaboration of our partners at the local, national and international levels. on behalf of the rcmp, i express our appreciation for their tremendous support. i am pleased that some of these partners have been able to join us today. even with these successes, it is very important that canadians rema
this is a testament to the strength our relationships with canadian and american law enforcement and to the ability of canadian government agencies to work together in furtherance of canada's counterterrorism strategy. today's charges represent the most recent example of the tremendously successful effort and commitment of our national security teams. and i would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their outstanding dedication. in recent years, our collaborative approach has led to...
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it was about what law enforcement was supposed to be all about, that's to help people. he was a master at helping people. i think m.i.t. lost someone that truly cared about their community. and i think we lost someone that we learned more from him than he ever learned from us. >> reporter: at 26 years old. >> at 26 years old. >> reporter: says a lot. >> i've been a cop for almost 40 years. you see a lot. you really do. i just never saw anything like this. it's heartbreaking. everything about it is just wrong. killing him was senseless, the loss of a person of his quality, his age, the fact that it happened on a college campus. everything about this is wrong. >> reporter: and, don, also tonight, we talked to three m.i.t. students that are alalso emts and they were close friends of collier. they came with flowers and messages for his family. interestingly what we learned is they not only were close friends of his, but they were the three emt -- student emts on campus that had to respond to the call after his shooting and go to collier. incredibly, incredibly difficult for
it was about what law enforcement was supposed to be all about, that's to help people. he was a master at helping people. i think m.i.t. lost someone that truly cared about their community. and i think we lost someone that we learned more from him than he ever learned from us. >> reporter: at 26 years old. >> at 26 years old. >> reporter: says a lot. >> i've been a cop for almost 40 years. you see a lot. you really do. i just never saw anything like this. it's...